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Prominence in Language

Linguistic research at the University of Cologne

CRC "Prominence in Language"

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Welcome to "Prominence in Language"

In this Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 1252) more than sixty researchers are working together in an interdisciplinary team with the goal of providing a comprehensive characterization of prominence in language.

We investigate how prominence structures language with respect to prosody (Area A), morphosyntax and semantics (Area B) as well as text and discourse structure (Area C) in a large variety of languages from more than a dozen major language families and linguistic areas world wide. Our research on prominence contributes to a better understanding of language as a system between communication and cognition.

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Early Career Researcher award 2025 by the SLLS

Early Career Researcher award 2025 by the SLLS

Justine Mertz (associated with A04) received the Early Career Researcher award 2025 for her work on "Exploring prosodic modulation in LSF: A kinematic study on sign coarticulation"! She received the award at the TISLR15 conference (14-17 January 2025) in Addis Abeba in Ethiopia.
Computational Linguist vacancy at the XLinC Lab

Computational Linguist vacancy at the XLinC Lab

The Experimental Linguistics in Cologne (XLinC) Lab at the University of Cologne seeks to fill a computational linguist position (f/m/x) (Full-time, 39.83 hours/week) from April 01, 2025 until December 31, 2028.The application deadline is February 16. For more information please click here.
2025-2028

2025-2028

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the third funding phase of the CRC 1252 “Prominence in Language”, which will begin on January 1, 2025. We are thrilled that we have the opportunity to continue our research on prominence in language with a focus on larger discourse structures and dialogue over the next four years.
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